diff --git a/dill/_dill.py b/dill/_dill.py
index 4dfdb7e3..b735c8e2 100644
--- a/dill/_dill.py
+++ b/dill/_dill.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def _trace(boolean):
 import marshal
 import gc
 # import zlib
+import abc
 from weakref import ReferenceType, ProxyType, CallableProxyType
 from functools import partial
 from operator import itemgetter, attrgetter
@@ -1456,6 +1457,27 @@ def save_module(pickler, obj):
         return
     return
 
+@register(abc.ABCMeta)
+def save_abc(pickler, obj):
+    """Use StockePickler to ignore ABC internal state which should not be serialized"""
+
+    name = getattr(obj, '__qualname__', getattr(obj, '__name__', None))
+    if '<locals>' in name or obj.__module__ != '__main__':
+        log.info("C2: %s" % obj)
+        _dict = _dict_from_dictproxy(obj.__dict__)
+        (registry, _, _, _) = abc._get_dump(obj)
+        _dict["_abc_impl"] = [reg() for reg in registry]
+        pickler.save_reduce(
+            _create_type,
+            (type(obj), obj.__name__, obj.__bases__, _dict),
+            obj=obj
+        )
+        log.info("# C2")
+    else:
+        log.info("C1: %s" % obj)
+        StockPickler.save_type(pickler, obj)
+        log.info("# C1")
+
 @register(TypeType)
 def save_type(pickler, obj):
    #stack[id(obj)] = len(stack), obj #XXX: probably don't obj in all cases below
diff --git a/tests/test_abc.py b/tests/test_abc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26e07052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_abc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+test dill's ability to pickle abstract base class objects
+"""
+import dill as pickle
+import abc
+
+from types import FunctionType
+
+pickle.settings['recurse'] = True
+
+class OneTwoThree(abc.ABC):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def foo(self):
+        """A method"""
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def bar(self):
+        """Property getter"""
+        pass
+
+    @bar.setter
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def bar(self, value):
+        """Property setter"""
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def cfoo(cls):
+        """Class method"""
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def sfoo():
+        """Static method"""
+        pass
+
+class EasyAsAbc(OneTwoThree):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._bar = None
+
+    def foo(self):
+        return "Instance Method FOO"
+
+    @property
+    def bar(self):
+        return self._bar
+
+    @bar.setter
+    def bar(self, value):
+        self._bar = value
+
+    @classmethod
+    def cfoo(cls):
+        return "Class Method CFOO"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def sfoo():
+        return "Static Method SFOO"
+
+def test_abc_non_local():
+    assert pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(OneTwoThree)) == OneTwoThree
+    assert pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(EasyAsAbc)) == EasyAsAbc
+    instance = EasyAsAbc()
+    # Set a property that StockPickle can't preserve
+    instance.bar = lambda x: x**2
+    depickled = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(instance))
+    assert type(depickled) == type(instance)
+    assert type(depickled.bar) == FunctionType
+    assert depickled.bar(3) == 9
+    assert depickled.sfoo() == "Static Method SFOO"
+    assert depickled.cfoo() == "Class Method CFOO"
+    assert depickled.foo() == "Instance Method FOO"
+    print("Tada")
+
+def test_abc_local():
+    """
+    Test using locally scoped ABC class
+    """
+    class LocalABC(abc.ABC):
+        @abc.abstractmethod
+        def foo(self):
+            pass
+
+    res = pickle.dumps(LocalABC)
+    pik = pickle.loads(res)
+    assert type(pik) == type(LocalABC)
+    # TODO should work like it does for non local classes
+    # <class '__main__.LocalABC'>
+    # <class '__main__.test_abc_local.<locals>.LocalABC'>
+
+    class Real(pik):
+        def foo(self):
+            return "True!"
+
+    real = Real()
+    assert real.foo() == "True!"
+
+    try:
+        pik()
+    except TypeError as e:
+        print("Tada: ", e)
+    else:
+        print('Failed to raise type error')
+        assert False
+
+def test_meta_local_no_cache():
+    """
+    Test calling metaclass and cache registration
+    """
+    LocalMetaABC = abc.ABCMeta('LocalMetaABC', (), {})
+
+    class ClassyClass:
+        pass
+
+    class KlassyClass:
+      pass
+
+    LocalMetaABC.register(ClassyClass)
+
+    assert not issubclass(KlassyClass, LocalMetaABC)
+    assert issubclass(ClassyClass, LocalMetaABC)
+
+    res = pickle.dumps(LocalMetaABC)
+    assert b"ClassyClass" in res
+    assert b"KlassyClass" not in res
+
+    pik = pickle.loads(res)
+    assert type(pik) == type(LocalMetaABC)
+
+    pik.register(ClassyClass)  # TODO: test should pass without calling register again
+    assert not issubclass(KlassyClass, pik)
+    assert issubclass(ClassyClass, pik)
+    print("tada")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_abc_non_local()
+    test_abc_local()
+    test_meta_local_no_cache()